Pocket cash-register.



..Patented Mar. 22, 39m

SHEETS-snm 1 K. SGHAUB.

POCKET-CASHv REGISTER. l APPLIUATIQN FILED-001:10, 1908.

` v K. SCHAUE.- r POCKET CASH REGISTER. APPLIOAITIOITIILED 0GT.10, 1908.

952,949, Patented Mar.,22, 1910.

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l )llt AnaB/'Veys To all 'whom it 'may concern:

l zen of thel United States, and a resident of .3 -values. These wheelsare operated by means.

without being seen.

` provide a device by means of whichy a record cated wit-hout thenecessity of mental calcu- I in the following particularly pointed ut inthe annexed 'cationexpended, such registration appearing in 'provide adevice in which the actiialamount of cash Aon hand may be Seen at aglance as 'y the same line looking in thefo posite direction. Fig. 5isan enlar ed UNiTED Asrii'rns PATENT onirica.

KARL SGHAUB, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSURI.

Be it known that I, KARL SCHAUB, a citi- Kansas Cit ,in the county ofJackson and State. of issouri, have made-certain new and useful Ilrovements in .PocketCash- Registers, of-wi-iich the following is aspeci- My invention relates to improvements in, pocket expensecontrollers or cash registers, and it consists in the constructions,co'nibinations and arran ements hereinafter de scribd and claime In'carryin out my invention I provide a 'n umber of w eels, uponthe-margin of which are certain figures representing monetary of aseriesof rods or plungeis and when so operated are turned toregister theamounts OPQDings in the casing of the device.

The ina-in object of my invention is to pro! vide a li. ht and handyapparatus. .for per-A sonal or emily use, which can be easily cerriedinlthe pocket, and whichcan beworked A furtherobject of myinvention isto of the different smallerand .larger daily, individual orfamilyexpeynses may be indilation or a written record. t 4

A further .ob-'ect of my invention is to wel-l as the amount which hasbeen expended...

Other objects and advantages will appear specicat-ion and will be etailview of the bifurcated lever, an Fig. 6 is an enlarged view ofthebifurcated operating rod or plunger.

In cariying out my inventinI provide Specication of Letters Patent.Application filed October 10,

POCKET CASH-REGISTER.

Patented Mar. 22, 191.0.

190s. seria1No.45.7,oss.

an oblong casing A of the relative length and lwidth shown in Fig. 1 andof comparatively small` depth as shown in Fig. 2. Journaled wit-hin thecasing on individual axes are the three pairs of wheels 1--1, 2 2 and 33. The axes of each of lthese wheels pass through the outer walls of thecasing and may terminate either in a flat thumb portion or a roundmilled head to permit each of 'the' wheels to be turned individually onitsaxis. Each of the wheels 1 and 1 is provided with twenty ratchetteeth, `while on the inner side of each of the wheels S and- 3. issecured a small ratchet wheel, such as 4 and 4. These ratchet wheels areconcentric with the larger wheels.- Onthe periphery of each of thewheels 3 and 3 are single teeth 5 and 5 respectively, that are adaptedto engage the teeth of the centr-al wheels 2 and 2', to turn the llatter. The central wheels 2 and 2 have a diameter half of that ofthelarger wheels, the latter being of equal diameter. videdv with tenratchet teeth, and they have valso the' siigle'teeth 6 and 6 adapted toengage theteeth on the -wheelsl and 1 to turn the latter. In order tokeep the wheels from being turned too far or from ret-meting, I haveprovided the spring detente 7, 8 and 9.

The outer edges of the wheels 1 and 1 are divided into twenty` eq'ualsections, whiclrare numbered consecutively from Otto 19 as shown inFig. 1. The'central wh 'slanedh vided into ten sections andeinernumbered consecutively from 0 to 9. The'wlieels 3 and -3 aredivided into .twenty sections andc'each section has a figure greater byfive than the section before it. Thus the irst section is numbered 0.0,the second 5, the third 10, the

fourth 15, & c., up to 95. On each side of the casing I have left the oenings 10 and 11,

The central wheels areIe'ach pro- 80 through whichthe num ers on thcwheels lplay be seen when they are turned to reg ster therewith, theopening 10 showing the amount in dollars and the opening 11 in cents.The: oppositeside of the casing is provided with similar openings, alsoindicating dollars andcents.

In order to manipulate the register Ihave provided the plungers 12, 13,14 and 15. The plunger 12 is arranged to act-nate a lever 16. This leveris 'shown in detail in Fig. 5. It consists-.of two paits,\tlie upper)art 16a providedl with laterally `extending ll a bifureatedlower part16, which has hollow mentbers arranged to receive thearins ugs 16", and

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16d of the part 162. the tivo 'i arts being held together by a spring.The lever is pivoted at 17 and is provided .vitli a pin 18 arranged toenter the slot-19 in a. latereT47 extending lower arm or" the plunger13. ioth of the plungers'are held normally in a raised position by meansof coiled springs 20. When the plunger l2 is depressed the lever 16-engages a tooth et the ratchet e and et throughl l0 the medium of thelugs 16h and turns the Wheel one tooth. Un the release of the plungerthe lever 1G is returned to its normal position means of the spring 20of the y plunger lo, the lugs 1Gb riding over the teeth l5 on theratchets, this construction being permitted hy the telescopic vfeaturedescribed. linien the plunger 13 is depressed the lever 16 is turned 90or live teeth and is again restored to normal by means ot the 23 springQO'When the plunger is released. rllie plunger let operates directly onthe teeth of the ratchet .members 2 and 2', tui-ning the Wheels onetooth at each depression ot' the plunger. So also With the plunger l5which turns the Wheels l and l" one step forward at each depression. Theplungers le and l5 both consist ot' forked resilient rods, the ends ofWhich are arranged to hear upon the teeth of the pair of Wheels on each30 side of the rod, so that when the iod is depressed the correspondingwheels on side of the device are turned.

The device described above provides means for registering the amountexpended as Well as for registering the amount remaining of a given sum.rllie side registering the amount paid out l designate the out side,While that recording the balance left i designate the balance side. lnorder to clearly cach 40 explain the operation l Will designate the letus say $180.30, which l may have to spend and, oli/'Which l Wish to keepa record Wit-h'- out going to the trouble of. remembering by memory, ormelting a "Written record. Before eizpending any of the money l set theWheels on the out l side so that they all register ciphers to show thatnothing has been spent. l then the Wheel et so that the number 30appears in the balance-cent-eyelet, the Wheel 2 se that e cipher appearsin the open-l ing and the Tfvheel l so that the ligure i8 in the tbalance-dellar-eyelet, showing that L' he dhd39. mechanism ie eeeeaesnow ready for Work. Let us assume that l turned five divisionscorresponding to theorie pressure on the quarter rod. Thus eightdivisions Will have been passed which Will bring the figure l() in frontof the out- .cent-eyelet. At the same time the Wheel et will behturnedin the opposite direction rel atively', that is, while the firstWheel'vvill be turned from right to left, the latter Wheel will beturned from left to right, viewed of course from opposite sides. otherwheels Will be turned in. the reverse direction corresponding amounts,so that when viewed from the balance side the amount now registered willbe iltt, this amount being automatically substracted from the originalamount without any error being possible. @liiviously any-additionalamount may be added on one side and suhtiacted on the' other and arecord ot the same kept by the register.

l may attach to the outside of the apparatus the dials B and The formermay he set to record the date and the latter the amount of moneyoriginally possessed. Thus i may have a complete'reeord of the time, theamount oi money originally possessed, the amount expended and thebalance left.

rlhis device may be carried in the pocket, and owing to the differentdisposition and size of the plungers, one may readily lmotv by feelingwhat plunger is beingdepressed and the device can thus be operatedWithout taking it out to look at it. 'Gf course the charactersindicatinfr the amounts might he in other units than dollars and cents,thereby making it applicable to the monetary system of any country. y

l am aware that other forms of the device, based upon the saine generalidea might be 'made7 but l consider as my own and desire to claim, allsuch inodiiicationii fairly fall Within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

I claim" l. l'n a pocket cash register, a casing, a pair of dialsmounted for rotation at each end of said casing, a pair of'centerratchet wheels mounted between said end dialsteeth on one pair of saidend dials adapted to engage the teeth on said center ratchetn, teeth onsaid center ratchets adapted to engage the teeth on the other pair ofend dials, separate plungers for operating each pair oi said dials, andeseriee of indicating marks carried by said dials to indicate the amountexpended and helene-e.

2. ln pocket cash register, a casing, a pair of dials mounted forrotation at each .soV Similarly the llo " rend'of said casing, a plungerat each end of said casing arranged to operate its individual' pair ofdials, a pair of center ratchet wheels mounted between said end dials,av

plunger for operating said Center ratchet Wheels and an. auxiliaryplunger arranged to give one pair of said end dials a greater rotationthan the other plunger for operating the same.

3. In .a pocket cash register, a casing provided with a pair ofopeningson each gde thereof, a pair of end dials mounted for rotation at eachend of said casing, a pair' of center ratchet Wheels mounted forrotation,

each of said dials and said ratchet Wheels being provided with'indicating marks7 adapted to he brought into registration with saidopenings, the indicating marks on one .vided with a pair of o enings onboth sides thereoia air of d ia s mounted for rotation at eacrend ofsaid Casin a. pair of center ratchet Wheels mounted etWeen said enddials and provided with teeth arranged to engage the teeth on said enddials, a series of indicating marks carried on the outer sides of eachpair of dials and the ratchet Wheels, the marks of one of the dials andone of the -ratchet Wheeis being arranged to appear before one of saidopenings onone side of the casing to indicate the amount eX- pended indollars, vthe marks on the other end v'dialbeing arranged to appearbefore 'the other opening on the same side of the casing to indicatelthe amount expended in cents and the marks on the dials on the oppositeside being arranged to appear before the respective openings to indicatethe balance in dollars and cents respectively.

5. In 'a pocket cash register, a casing, a pair of dials mounted forrotation at each end of said casing, each of said dials beingV providedwith teeth, a separate spring actufated' forked plunger arranged to oeratev each pair oi said dials, one pair o' said dials Being alsoprovided with'l 'an auxiliary' spring actuated slotted plungerlarrangedto turn its pair or' dials afgreaterdistanoe than the first namedplunger. r

KARL `SCHUB.

Vitnesses:

C. A. LAHME, HENRY F. Roan.

